Suspenders.



No. 632,972. Patented Sept. l2, I899.

A. SILBERMAN.

SUSPENDERS.

(Application filed July 7, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM SILBERMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,972, datedSeptember 12, 1899.

Application filed July '7, 1899. Serial No. 728,031. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM SILBERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction ofsuspenders for mens wear. i

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows the suspenders, the front ends of the shoulder-strapsbeing broken off. Fig. 2 is a View of the leather end tab. Fig. 3 is aview of end loop and union-cord connected therewith. Fig. etis averticalsection illustrating the relation of the end of the shoulder-strap, endtab, end loop, and unioncord. Fig. 5 is a view of the back end ofshoulder-strap finished.

The desideratum is a strong and neat connection of the union-cord A withthe back ends of the two shoulder-straps B.

The two shoulder-straps B are made of suitable material and at the frontmay have any preferred form of loops for attaching to the trousers, anda short elastic suspension-strap e connects the union-cord with the backloopcord h. I provide a strong and neat means of connecting theunion-cord A with the back ends of the shoulder-straps. A leather endtab f has a central cross-slot g and is creased or folded crosswise, soas to bring its two ends h together and have the slot coincident withthe said crease or fold. A loop 2' of strong fabric consists of a stripof material folded at the center, and a union-cord A has at each end aloop j. One of these loops j links with the fabric loop 1', as shown inthe drawings. The two ends of the fabric loop 11 are then insertedthrough the slot 9 of the end tab, and in the finished article these twoends are inclosed and concealed by the end tab f, whose ends fare alittle longer or project up a little higher. The folded loop part 2'projects below the slot of the leather end tab. The end of theshoulder-strap B, as shown in Fig. 4, is inserted between the two endsof the fabric loop 2' and also between the two ends of the leather endtab f. Rows of stitching 7.: are then made across the leather end tab.These stitches pass entirely through both sides of the end tab, bothends of the fabric loop 2', and also the end of the shoulder-strap B, asseen in Fig. 5, and another row of stitching 7c is made around the edgeof the leather end tab and independent .of the fabric loop and securessaid end tab direct to the shoulderstraps B. Thus the fabric loop 'lissecured to the shoulder-straps in a most durable manner, and at the sametime the connection is neat.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a pair of suspenders the two shoulderstraps, B, each having itsback end provided with a folded-leather end tab, f, having a cross-slot,g, in the fold, and a fabric loop, 2', also folded and inserted throughthe said cross-slot in the end tab with the folded part projecting, andthe two ends of the end tab and also the two ends of the fabric loopsecured to the end of the shoulder-strap; and a union-cord, A, havingtwo loops each one of which links with one of the said projecting fabricloops, as set forth.

2. In a pair of suspenders the two shoulderstraps, B, each having itsback end provided with an end tab, and a fabric loop folded and insertedwith the folded part projecting below the end tab, and the end tab andalso the two ends of the fabric loop secured to the end of theshoulder-strap; and a union-cord, A, having two loops each one of whichlinks with one of the said projecting fabric loops, as set forth. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ABRAHAM SILBERMAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES MANN, Jr, CHARLES Vm'rscH.

